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. FOOTWEAR.

Patented Sept. 18, 1894.

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FRANK T. KEE, oE NEw YORK, N. Y.

FOOTWEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,234, datedSeptember 18, 1894.

Application mea February 2,1894.

y claim.

proofing composition to the felt.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side View of a shoe embodyingmy improve ment, a portion of the shoe being cut away the better toillustrate the improvement. Fig.

2 is a view of the portion of the shoe out away from Fig. 1; and Figs. 3andc are detail views of portions of the shoe.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all theigures.

A designates the upper of a shoe. At its lower end c, the upper A isturned in over a layer B of felt. Below the layer B is another layer `Calso of felt. The layers B and C may be waterproofed by steeping in awaterproofing composition or otherwise applying a water- Said layers Band C may also, if desired, be glued or other` wise secured together.`

D designates the ordinary leather sole of a shoe. I have shown the soleD as sewed around its edges to the leather strip E. Around the edges ofthe layers C I have shown two bindings c c of leather, while the layer Bis shown as bound around its edges by the lower end ct of the upper Aand by the lining a ofthe upper A of the shoe. The bindings ct a', c c(are shown as stitched together and Serial No. 498,933. (No model.)

to the layer'B at b, and the bindings c c and the strip E are shown assewed together and.

to the layer Oat c2. A waterproof paste or other waterproofingcomposition is applied between the bindings a and c and between thebinding c and the strip E where they adjoin each other. I might, ifdesired, place a strip of thin leather or other material over the upperportion of the layer B inside the shoe.

By my improvement I produce an article of footwear having manyadvantages over footwear in ordinary use. The sole is light and pliableand the surface on which the foot rests is soft and yielding. It secureswarmth to the foot, and the manner in which the felt is bound precludesthe contact of the felt with water.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The hereindescribed improved shoe, the v same consisting of the outersole D, and the inner soles B and C, the upper A, extending down andterminating opposite the edge of the sole B, the strip E at the edge ofthe sole D, and the binding strip secured at its upper edge to the loweredge of the upper and edge of sole E, and `having its remaining portiondoubled outwardly upon itself and extended down to embrace the edge ofthe sole C, and secured at its lower edge to the strip E and sole C,substantially as speciied.

`FRANK T. KEE. .y

Witnesses:

A. B. OAERINGTON, t W. R. BOWEN.

